The Longacre's were among the early Bronaugh and Vernon County families.

	The oldest Longacre marker in Worsley Cemetery appears to be that of Isaac N. Longacre 1839 - 1927 and wife Virginia. The stone to the right is also in Worsley Cemetery is that of Robert L. Longacre, October 12, 1869 - June 19, 1915. There is a Modern Woodmen emblem on the stone.         Other Longacre burials in Vernon County are listed below:
	Worsley Cemetery, Bronaugh James G. Longacre Jan. 1, 1867 - Aug. 9, 1911 Mary E. Longacre May 17, 1878 - Nov. 30, 1918 (obituary to left is from December 11, 1918 Bronaugh Journal)   William T. Longacre Oct. 31, 1872 - Mar 23, 1942 M. Gus Longacre Oct 26, 1879 - Jan. 28, 1857   Kathleen Longacre Knowles Flora Longacre 1883 - 1967 Sheldon Cemetery, Drywood Twp. W. P. Longacre June 14, 1843 - Nov. 30 1913   Andrew Jackson Longacre 1880 - 1971 Beulah Frances Longacre 1891 - 1973   Adaline Longacre Jan. 23, 1858 - May 30, 1945  Reference: Vernon County Cemetery Directory

Barbara McCormick suggests that "Isaac Newton Longacre (b. 7 Jul 1839) was the s/o Isaac Watson Longacre and his wife, Eleanor (sometimes written as Ellen). Isaac Watson Longacre was the s/o Joseph Longacre and his wife, Elizabeth Watson. This whole family was born and lived in the Frederick County, Va. area. Isaac and Eleanor had 7 children (at least).....Edwin, William, Ann, Calvin, Isaac Newton, Benjamin F., and Emeline."

Lyndon's comment: I have a question about the Longacres. During Civil War times, one of the men who rode with the famous guerilla, William Clarke Quantrill was a C. A. Longacre. The area where Bronaugh was founded was a hotbed of Confederate sympathizers so I am interested in knowing how C. A. was related to Isaac. Also, there are other Longacres in the 1880 Vernon County Census. The families of J. K. Longacre, A. J. Longacre and W. C. Longacre were all listed in Drywood Township.

Barbara further wrote, "Isaac is a 2C1R to Charles A. Longacre who rode with Quantrill. A. J. Longacre is Andrew Jackson Longacre - he lived in Drywood. J. K. Longacre is John Kelly Longacre - he lived in Johnson County and Drywood and a brother to C. A. Longacre. There is a sad story with this family - A. J. and C. A.'s father was John Longacre (b. 11 Jul 1802). He and another son, Benjamin W. Longacre were murdered on 17 Jul 1862 by the Jayhawkers.......their murder was avenged by capturing some Union soldiers and one Levi Copeland was executed by Quantrill personally for his dastardly deed."

Barbara shared more information from her cousin, George Longacre, "Maybe most of you know the story of my third great grand father and his son being killed by Jayhawkers and buried in a common grave in Bluff Springs Cemetery. A Confederate Captain, Woodsmall was recruiting in Platte County Missouri in 1862. In late August his group was camping with Quantrill's men in the Jackson County, Lafayette, Johnson county area that was Quantrill's strong hold. Woodsmall had two Yankee prisoners. One of the Prisoners was Lt. Levi Copeland, accused of killing two Longacre farmers. Lt. Copeland had not been paroled because they knew he murdered the Longacres. Quantrill executed him and two other Union prisoners. (Page 162, Guerrilla Warfare in Civil war Missouri 1862.)

On July 11 1862, after the Battle of Pleasant Hill, the Muster Roll was found on one of the bodies of a fallen Quantrill man. The Muster Roll listed Longacre, C. A., along with 91 others. Major Thomas Houts had two copies made of the Muster Roll and sent the original and one copy to Br. General John Schofield at his head quarters for the Central Division of Missouri in Jefferson City, Missouri. Schofield failed to follow up on this list. We don’t know what Major Houts did with his list. (Quantrill’s Thieves- by Joseph K. Houts.)

We do know that 6 days later, about 10 miles from where the Muster Roll was found, two Longacre farmers, John Longacre and his son Benjamin W. Longacre (Wiley) were murdered by jayhawkers, that were probably led by a Federal officer. They were Charles A. Longacre’s father and brother."

Some more excellent information about Charles A. Longacre and his father can be found on the findagrave site.

From: History of Vernon County, 1887, pages 831-32. ANDREW J. LONGACRE Farmer Section 5, Post-office, Milo A life of honest, steady and not unsuccessful efforts sums up in a word the active career of the subject of this sketch - a man whose only occupation has been that of farming. Very naturally, therefore, he is conceded to have an intimate knowledge of this calling and to apply it in the right direction. Born in Rowan County, Tenn., September 16, 1829, he was the son of Benjamin and Judith (Perkins) Longacre, the former a tanner by trade and of Virginia nativity, and the latter a native of Tennessee. Andrew J. was the youngest of nine children in his parents' family. When seven years old be accompanied his father to Johnson county, Mo., and there made his home for a number of years, or until coming to this county in 1857. Here he has since remained, closely connected with farming and kindred pursuits. His place numbers some 200 acres of land, and while perhaps not as large as some tracts in the county, Mr. Longacre very properly considers that labor spent on an ordinary farm in a thorough manner will produce greater results than the same amount of labor bestowed on one twice the size. He has done well in his operations and the future promises encouraging results for him. In November, 1849, Mr. Longacre was married to Miss Polly B. Shumate, who was born in Lafayette County, Mo. She died April 9, 1864, leaving three children who are now living: William C., Benjamin H. and Balis A. In February, 1865, his second marriage occurred, when Miss Sarah F. Caton, of Carroll County, Mo., became his wife. She was the daughter of Hugh M: and Nancy Ann (Harvey) Caton, frequent mention of whom is made elsewhere in the present volume. To Mr. and Mrs. Longacre a family of four children have been given: Hugh L., Precious T., John J. and Emma May. Mr. L. is a member of the M. E. Church South and also belongs to the A. F. and A. M.

A. J. and Frances Longacre. Scan compliments of JaWan and Nancy Thompson. Obituary - Southwest Mail, Nevada MO, Nov 15, 1907       A similar obituary occurred for A. J. Longacre appeared in the November 8, 1907, Nevada Daily Mail. It only differs by listing his burial at Moore Cemetery in south Nevada. Moore Cemetery, Nevada, MO Lola Mae Longacre, dau. of Rev. I. W. and Maggie S. Longacre. June 15, 1901 - July 3, 1901.   A. J. Longacre 1829 - 1907 (Cemetery directory lists this burial but says there is no marker) Newton Burial Park, Nevada, MO Ida Belle Longacre 1880 - 1942

2008 began with a fantastic discovery. Nancy Thompson, who in my opinion is THE Vernon County Cemetery EXPERT, has located the burial place and grave for Judith Perkins Longacre. She found it east of Bronaugh on the north side of N Hwy in Drywood Section 18. It is the remains of a cemetery. She was told that a previous landowner threw numerous gravestones into [Pleasant] Creek which runs along the north part of the property. One gravestone which did not get tossed that was found broken and laying flat under about 3-5 inches of sod is that of Judith Longacre Nothing else with engraving was found although there were apparently several other burials here. The current cemetery directory refers to this as Rosewood Cemetery, so having nothing better to call it at this time, it will remain Rosewood. (It can't be called Longacre, because Bicket was also known as Longacre.)

The very clear inscription is Judith Longacre, Died July 11, 1860, Aged 72 yrs. 6 mos. & 21 days. The lesser initials scratched into the stone below are presumed to be those of the carvers: L. B. and F. S.   What an exciting find. Here is a Southwest Vernon County burial dating from BEFORE the Civil War! Good job Nancy and JaWan!

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